Fuck fuck Rite-Aid

taking pictures is fun but there always seems to be something that goes wrong in the developing stage.

At noon today I headed over to the Rite Aid/One Hour photo near my house to drop off some film. Im excited about the film because i bought new lomo film with brighter colors and used Danny's fisheye camera AND all the pics are from my friends surprise birthday party which was neat-o. I tell the kid behind the counter im hear to develop and he directs me towards the envelopes. I fill one out and hand him the envelope and the film. shazaam, awesome, now it just come back in an hour and everything is gravy. right?

i end up getting busy at home and go back at 4pm. When i come back a different guy is working. He obviously does not speak english with ease. I tell him im there to pick up film, after some confusion he realizes what i need. He asks my last name,

"Oncley....O-N-C(my norm for giving out my name)"

"This one?" He holds up 'Phinley'

"No....Oncley....O-N-C"

"This one?" He holds up 'McCain,'

"(holy shit)No Oncley"

"What letter does it start with?"

"O"

"There is no O in here, when did you drop it off?"

"noon"

"well it will be here wednesday"

"Aren't you one-hour photo?"

(he points to the chart of drop off and arrival dates)

he asks "did you do digital or film"

"film" and i grab an envelope from the stack that i had used earlier.....

What had happened was little newbie kid from 12 o'clock slid me a 3-day photo service envelope, which i might add had no "3-DAY YOU DUMBASS" written on it, and i DID look for it since i turned another rite-aid down 2 days ago for their 3-day service since their 1-hour machine was broken.

well i figure...no problem, i lost a day. Ill take it back and go somewhere tomorrow or tonight.

"Can i just get my film back?"

"We already sent it out"

(head explodes), and unfortunately the smarty working behind the counter thought it was monday(it's tuesday) and it will actually be ready thursday. awesome. wonderful. great.

oh, and to top it off, during our one sided conversation, some old dude sets his vodka down on the photo counter in front of me. Im sorry sir, vodka gets developed at the other registers....i guess he was in a hurry to get drunk.